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Coche-Dury was established in what year and where is the winery located?

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Meursault and 1973

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Summary of Coche-Dury

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Summary: Jean-François Coche-Dury produces some of the most sought-after bottles of white Burgundy that routinely command stratospheric prices. Jean-François took over from his father in 1972 and is now passing the family vineyards along to his son Raphaël. Jean-François is adamant that the quality of his wines is set in the vineyard, where the immaculate vines are pruned to very low yields. There are no clones in the Coche-Dury vineyards; all vine-by-vine replanting is done by selection massale. While mostly famous for white wines, Coche-Dury also makes excellent, rare red wines.

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Key vineyard holdings for Coche-Dury

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Key Vineyard Holdings: 10.43 ha total

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru: 0.34 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960
Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru: 0.2 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1947
Meursault Perrières Premier Cru: 0.5 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1950, 1970 and 2005
Meursault Caillerets Premier Cru: 0.33 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960
Meursault Les Rougeots: 0.7 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1943, 1962 and 1974
Meursault Les Chevalières: 0.12 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1956

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Top wines produced from Coche-Dury

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Top Wines Produced:

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru
Meursault Perrières Premier Cru
Meursault Caillerets Premier Cru
Meursault Les Rougeots
Volnay Premier Cru: blended from Caillerets and Clos de Chênes
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Average total production for Coche Dury

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Average Total Production: 4,200 cases

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Style/Vinfication technique for Coche-Dury

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Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Coche-Dury wines are known for their focus and power as well as strong oak signature. The whites are whole-cluster pressed and settled prior to fermentation in a large proportion of new oak for top wines; bâtonnage is typically employed, though the frequency changes according to vintage conditions. The whites also age in oak for 18-22 months prior to bottling without filtration. As for the red grapes, they are completely de-stemmed and spend roughly 10-14 days on the skins. Aging is in less new wood than the whites, and the reds are bottled after 14-16 months in barrel.

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Roulot was established in what year and where they located?

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Circa 1930 and in Meursault

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Summary of Roulot

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Summary: Originally, the Roulot family was known for distilling; it was Guy Roulot who turned the domaine’s focus to winemaking and who first launched this estate toward its current level of stardom. Guy was a big believer in the distinctive qualities of his “deuxième crus” (village-level lieux-dits), bottling several outstanding, unique examples that became hallmarks of the estate. Guy passed away unexpectedly in 1982, and his son, Jean-Marc, left a career in acting to take over the domaine.

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Jean-Marc of Roulot

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Jean-Marc converted the domaine to organic farming and added parcels to the family holdings: First he grabbed a small bit of Meursault Le Porusot Premier Cru in 2003, and then in 2011 he split the vineyard holdings of Domaine Manuel with Dominique Lafon, adding village-level vines as well as the Clos des Bouchères Premier Cru to the family’s portfolio. Jean-Marc continues to garner acclaim for his multiple Meursault premiers crus and lieux-dits bottlings; the domaine also continues to produce a Marc de Bourgogne, two eaux de vie and an apricot liqueur.

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Key vineyard Holdings for Roulot

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Key Vineyard Holdings: 12.5 ha total

Meursault Perrières Premier Cru: 0.26 ha Chardonnay
Meursault Charmes Premier Cru: 0.28 ha Chardonnay
Meursault Les Bouchères Premier Cru: 1.26 ha Chardonnay; includes the 1.1-ha Clos des Bouchères
Meursault Les Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir: 0.85 ha Chardonnay
Meursault Les Luchets: 1.03 ha Chardonnay
Meursault Les Meix-Chavaux: 0.95 ha Chardonnay

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Top wines produced by Roulot

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Top Wines Produced:

Meursault Perrières Premier Cru
Meursault Charmes Premier Cru
Meursault Les Bouchères Premier Cru
Meursault Clos des Bouchères Premier Cru
Meursault Les Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir
Meursault Les Luchets
Meursault Les Meix-Chavaux
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Brief description of style/vinfication technique by Roulot

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Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Roulot wines tend to be more reserved than the powerful Meursaults of Lafon or Coche-Dury. The grapes are sorted in the vineyard and winery, then crushed prior to pressing. The juice is run without settling into barrels for fermentation and aging, and the wines are aged in 10-30% new oak for 12 months with the lees stirred until malolactic fermentation completes. The wines are then blended and aged six months in stainless steel and are lightly fined and filtered prior to bottling.

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What year was Domaine Leflaive established and where are they located?

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1717 and Puligny-Montrachet

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Summary of Domaine Leflaive

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Summary: It’s difficult to argue with the assertion that Domaine Leflaive owns the greatest collection of Chardonnay-producing vineyards in the Côte d’Or. While the domaine’s history can be traced back to Claude Leflaive in 1717, it was Joseph Leflaive in 1905 who began to construct the modern version of the estate, expanding holdings from two to 25 hectares.

Next in line was Joseph’s son, Vincent (who snapped up the small Montrachet parcel), followed in 1991 by Vincent’s daughter, Anne-Claude, along with her cousin, Olivier. Olivier left to focus on his own négociant label in 1993, while Anne-Claude began experimenting with biodynamic farming of the estate’s vineyards.

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Key holdings for Domaine Leflaive

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Key Vineyard Holdings: 24.5 ha total

Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.08 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru: 1.99 ha Chardonnay, planted in the 1950s, 1964, 1974 and 1980
Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 1.91 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1962, 1964, 1974, 1979 and 1989
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 1.15 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1958 and 1959
Puligny-Montrachet Pucelles Premier Cru: 3.06 ha Chardonnay across three parcels, planted from 1954-1985
Puligny-Montrachet Combettes Premier Cru: 0.73 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1963 and 1972
Puligny-Montrachet Folatières Premier Cru: 1.26 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1962, 1969, 1983 and 1999
Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon Premier Cru: 4.79 ha Chardonnay from one large parcel, planted from 1958-1988
Meursault Sous le Dos d’Ane Premier Cru: 0.54 ha

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Average total production for Domaine Leflaive

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Average Total Production: 10,000 cases

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Top wines produced by Domaine Leflaive

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Top Wines Produced:

Montrachet Grand Cru
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Pucelles Premier Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Combettes Premier Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Folatières Premier Cru
Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon Premier Cru
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What was Domaine Leflaive’s inaugural vintage for Montrachet?

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Inaugural Vintage for Top Wines: Montrachet Grand Cru in 1991

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Brief description of Domaine Leflaive’s style/vinification technique.

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Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Currently, Leflaive produces only white wines. Healthy fruit is of the utmost importance for the domaine, so the grapes are sorted in both the vineyard and the winery prior to pressing. The juice is settled for 12-24 hours before being racked to oak for fermentation and aging, and the percentage of new oak used is on the low side: up to 10% new for the Bourgogne, 25% for the premiers crus and 30% for the grands crus—except the Montrachet, which is usually aged in a single new barrel, often specially coopered to accommodate the precise size of the harvest. Neither primary nor secondary fermentation are inoculated, and bâtonnage is currently practiced with less frequency than in the past (it’s now stopped completely by Christmas). The wines are racked to stainless steel after 16 months, then lightly fined and filtered if necessary and bottled by gravity.

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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey was established in what year and where are they located?

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2001 and Chassagne Montrachet

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Summary of Pierre-Yves Colin

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Summary: Pierre-Yves Colin is the oldest son of Saint-Aubin’s Marc Colin. In 2001, while working at the family domaine, Pierre-Yves began a négociant project with his wife, Caroline Morey. In 2005, he left Domaine Marc Colin to focus on this new business, and in 2006 he took his share of the family vines to found his own domaine in addition to his négociant work. With last names like Colin and Morey in this part of town, Pierre-Yves’s and Caroline’s list of local grower contacts is long, and they regularly produce an extensive lineup of grand and premier cru wines from Chassagne and Puligny-Montrachet. In their own vineyards, they are currently experimenting with organic viticulture, yields are controlled by severe green pruning, and dead vines are replaced by sélection massale. In a short period of time, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has become one of the star producers of white Burgundy.

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Key holdings for Pierre-Yves Colin

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Key Vineyard Holdings: 5.35 ha total

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru: 0.2 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1950
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes Premier Cru: 0.4 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1960
Saint-Aubin En Remilly Premier Cru: 0.65 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1975
Saint-Aubin La Chatenière Premier Cru: 0.60 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1970
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ancegnières: 0.4 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1930

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Average total production for Pierre-Yves Colin

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Average Total Production: 6,000 cases

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Top wines produced from Pierre-Yves Colin

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Top Wines Produced: (domaine-bottled wines only)

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes Premier Cru
Saint-Aubin En Remilly Premier Cru
Saint-Aubin La Chatenière Premier Cru
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ancegnières

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What were the inaugural vintages for both the domaine and negociant side of Pierre-Yves Colin?
Inaugural Vintages: 2001 for négociant wines; 2006 for domaine wines
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Brief description on style/vinification technique for Pierre-Yves Colin
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Pierre-Yves’s wines are powerful and clean. The whites are whole-cluster pressed, and the juice goes directly to barrel without settling. The wines ferment with indigenous yeast in 30% new oak—50% new for the Bâtard-Montrachet. Around 80% of the barrels are 350 liters (rather than the traditional 228-liter pièce) in order to minimize the impact of new oak on the wine. The wines spend 16-20 months there prior to bottling, and bâtonnage is not practiced. The wines are fined if needed, and bottled without filtration.
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What year was Ramonet established and where are they located?
1920's and Chassagne-Montrachet
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Summary of Ramonet
Summary: Pierre Ramonet was a legendary figure in Chassagne-Montrachet, known as Père Ramonet locally. His domaine is now run by his two grandsons, Noël and Jean-Claude, and they are are strong believers in the value of old vines: All wines from vineyards younger than 12 years are declassified by one tier. Dead or missing vines are replanted only until the vineyard reaches 30 years of age; after that, the parcel is left intact until it must be replanted in entirety. Noël and Jean-Claude are both equally involved in the vineyard, the cellar and the business, and they are doing an admirable job of upholding their grandfather’s lofty standards.
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Key holdings of Ramonet
Key Vineyard Holdings: 15.5 ha Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.26 ha Chardonnay; 75-year-old vines Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.64 ha Chardonnay; 45-year-old vines Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.45 ha Chardonnay; 45-year-old vines Puligny-Montrachet Champs Canet Premier Cru: 0.33 ha Chardonnay; 60-year-old vines Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ruchottes Premier Cru: 1.18 ha Chardonnay; 40-year-old vines Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru: 0.34 ha Chardonnay; 30-year-old vines Chassagne-Montrachet Les Vergers Premier Cru: 0.53 ha Chardonnay; 35-year-old vines Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot Premier Cru: 1.21 ha 40-year-old Chardonnay vines; 0.59 ha 40-year-old Pinot Noir vines
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Top wines produced from Ramonet
Top Wines Produced: Montrachet Grand Cru Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru: made from must purchased from Domaine Chartron Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru Puligny-Montrachet Champs Canet Premier Cru Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ruchottes Premier Cru Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru Chassagne-Montrachet Les Vergers Premier Cru Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot Premier Cru (white and red)
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Inaugural vintage for Ramonet's domaine bottlings?
Inaugural Vintages: domaine-bottling began in the 1930s
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Brief description of style/vinification technique for Ramonet.
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Ramonet wines are powerful and concentrated, largely due to the old vineyards from which they hail. The whites begin fermentation in stainless steel and are transferred to barrel to finish. The amount of new oak used is 10% for the village-level wines, 25-30% for the premier crus and 50-75% for the grand crus. There is very little bâtonnage practiced during barrel-aging, and the whites are bottled after 12-18 months. The red grapes are completely de-stemmed and briefly cold-soaked before fermentation. Pigeage and remontage are kept to a minimum to limit the tannins, and the reds are aged in 30-40% new oak for 12-15 months prior to bottling.
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When was Marquis d'Angerville established and where are they located?
1888 and Volnay
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Summary of Marquis d'Angerville
Summary: The Marquis d’Angerville was an important influence in the domaine-bottling movement in Burgundy. In the 1920s, Jacques d’Angerville was highly critical of the négociants’ widespread fraudulent blending in their cellars, and after threatening a lawsuit that left him without clients for his bulk wine, Jacques was forced to bottle, market and sell the wines himself. Today, the flagship of the estate remains the monopole Clos des Ducs, which lies just north of the family’s manor house in Volnay. The estate is run by the current Marquis, Guillaume d’Angerville, who has maintained the exemplary quality of the wines while converting the vineyards to biodynamics in 2009.
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Clos des Ducs
Marquis d'Angerville's 2.90 hectare monopole of Clos Des Ducs in Volnay.
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Key holdings from Marquis d'Angerville
Key Vineyard Holdings: 15 ha total Volnay Clos des Ducs Premier Cru: a 2.15-ha monopole of Pinot Noir, planted in 1955, 1959, 1987 and 2000 Volnay Fremiets Premier Cru: 1.58 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1955, 1979, 1999 and 2002 Volnay Champans Premier Cru: 3.98 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1958-1962, 1996 and 2005 Volnay Caillerets Premier Cru: 0.46 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1998 and 2003 Volnay Taillepieds Premier Cru: 1.07 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1969-1977 Meursault Santenots Premier Cru: 1.05 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1970, 1990 and 2008
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Top Wines Produced: ``` Volnay Clos des Ducs Premier Cru Volnay Fremiets Premier Cru Volnay Champans Premier Cru Volnay Caillerets Premier Cru Volnay Taillepieds Premier Cru Volnay Premier Cru: blended from small holdings in Mitans, Pitures and (prior to 2008) Les Angles ```
Marquis d'Angerville
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What was the inaugural vintage for Marquis d'Angerville's domaine bottling?
Inaugural Vintage for Top Wines: domaine-bottling began in the 1920s
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Domaine des Comtes Lafon was established when and where are they located?
1894 and Meursault
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The domaine possesses an enviable array of top premier cru vineyard sites in Meursault as well as a small holding in Montrachet. In 2011, Dominique teamed up with Jean-Marc Roulot and American investors to purchase Domaine Manuel, which added vineyards in Meursault Bouchères and Porusots to the Lafon domaine. Separately, Dominique produces wine in the Mâconnais under his Héritiers du Comte Lafon label (from land purchased in 1999), and in 2008 he also began producing wines from the Côte d’Or under his own name (not affiliated with the family properties).
Domaine des Comtes Lafon
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Summary of Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Summary: The origins of the Comtes Lafon estate lie in the marriage of Jules Lafon into a family of Meursault wine growers and négociants in 1894. Jules was a lawyer and eventually the mayor of Meursault, but he also took an active interest in the family wine business, selling off lesser vineyards to purchase land in some of Meursault’s top premier crus. He also re-established the old tradition of celebrating the end of harvest with a grand lunch, known as La Paulée. Jules’s great-grandson, Dominique Lafon, now runs the estate. By 1993, Dominique had ended all of the métayage agreements that had kept the family vineyards in sharecropping arrangements, and he began converting to organic farming as well as experimenting with biodynamics. He completed full biodynamic conversion of the family vineyards in 1998.
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Key holdings for Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Key Vineyard Holdings: 16.3 ha total Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.32 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1953 and 1972 Meursault Charmes Premier Cru: 1.71 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1946, 1963 and 1996 Meursault Perrières Premier Cru: 0.77 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1955 and 1983 Meursault Gouttes d’Or Premier Cru: 0.39 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1991 Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru: 0.55 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1946 and 1993 Meursault Clos de la Barre: 2.12 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1950, 1975, 1999 and 2004 Volnay Santenots du Milieu Premier Cru: 3.78 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1944, 1960s, 1978, 1996 and 2002
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Montrachet Grand Cru Meursault Charmes Premier Cru Meursault Perrières Premier Cru Meursault Gouttes d’Or Premier Cru Meursault Genevrières Premier Cru Meursault Clos de la Barre: from the vines planted in 1999 and earlier Volnay Santenots du Milieu Premier Cru: from the vines planted in 1978 and earlier
Domaine des Comtes Lafon
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Description of style/techniques for Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Comte Lafon whites, in particular, are powerful and long-lived (though the reds should not be underestimated). The white grapes are sorted in the vineyard and in the winery, then whole-cluster pressed. After settling overnight, the juice is racked to barrels for fermentation and aging. Village wines see no new oak, premiers crus see 20-50% new, and the Montrachet goes into 100% new oak. Bâtonnage is practiced much less frequently than in the past, and decisions are made on a barrel-by-barrel basis. After malolactic fermentation, the wines are racked and blended, then moved to cooler cellars for the final year of aging—total aging time in wood is 18-22 months. The whites are fined if needed but bottled unfiltered. The red grapes are completely de-stemmed prior to vinification in open-top vats with native yeasts. Pigeage takes place once or twice a day, and the wines spend 15-20 days on the skins. The red wines are aged in 20-35% new oak for 16-20 months and are bottled without fining or filtration.
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Domaine d'Auvenay & Domaine Leroy was established where and when?
Region of production: Côte d’Or Winery Location: Saint-Romain (Domaine d’Auvenay); Vosne-Romanée (Domaine Leroy) Year Established: 1988 (Domaine Leroy)
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Summary of Domaine d'Auvenay & Leroy
Summary: Leroy is one of Burgundy’s storied names, today running essentially three family enterprises: Maison Leroy, Domaine Leroy and Domaine d’Auvenay. Maison Leroy is a négociant firm (founded in 1868) that’s currently run by the legendary Lalou Bize-Leroy. Maison Leroy possesses a renowned collection of older Burgundies (dating back to 1919) that were purchased from top domaines and have aged chez Leroy for later release. In 1988, Lalou sold one-third of Maison Leroy to her Japanese importer, Takashimaya, in order to generate capital for the purchase of Domaine Charles Noëllat and the founding of Domaine Leroy. In 1989, Lalou added the holdings of Domaine Philippe Remy to Domaine Leroy, and in 1990 she purchased vineyards in Chambolle-Musigny that brought the total size of Domaine Leroy to its current 22 hectares. Domaine d’Auvenay was the personal estate of Lalou’s father, Henri, and is now wholly owned by Lalou since the purchase of her sister’s share.
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Bonneau du Martray was established where and when?
Winery Location: Pernand-Vergelesses Year Established: 1790s
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Summary of Bonneau du Martray
Summary: The property that is now the Bonneau du Martray estate was originally part of a larger parcel deeded to the Abbey of Saulieu by Charlemagne in 775CE, then sold to the Bonneau-Véry family when the Church’s lands were confiscated after the French Revolution. Today, Jean-Charles le Bault de la Morinière (whose mother inherited the domaine from her uncle, René Bonneau du Martray) runs the domaine. Jean-Charles returned to plowing the vineyards and converted to organic farming. He began experiments with biodynamics in the mid-2000s, farming one third of the estate’s Chardonnay biodynamically so as to gauge wine quality against organic plots. The entire estate is now biodynamic (Ecocert certified in 2012; Demeter certification to follow). Jean-Charles also worked to improve the estate’s previously underperforming Corton Rouge by replacing some of the vines with Chardonnay and preserving only the oldest Pinot Noir vines for the cuvée. Bonneau du Martray has the unique distinction of being the only domaine in Burgundy to sell only grand cru wine.
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Key Vineyards holdings for Bonneau du Martray
Key Vineyard Holdings: 11 ha Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru En Charlemagne: 4.5 ha Chardonnay; soil is thin, rocky marl over hard, white limestone base Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Le Charlemagne: 5.15 ha Chardonnay, 1.35 ha Pinot Noir; soil is rocky marl with flint over hard, white limestone base; the lower slopes have more iron and clay and are planted to Pinot Noir
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Total production for Bonneau du Martray
4,500 cases
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Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru | Corton Grand Cru (not imported into the U.S. currently)
Bonneau du Martray
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Inaugural vintage for Bonneau du Martray's domaine bottling?
Inaugural Vintages: Domaine-bottling began in the early 1970s.
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was established when and where are they located?
1869 and Vosne Romanee
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Who manages Domaine de la Romanee Conti today?
Today, Edmond de Villaine’s son, Aubert de Villaine, and Henry Leroy’s grandson, Henri-Frédéric Roch, oversee the domaine. In 1963, the domaine first purchased vines in Montrachet, and signed a lease for Prince Florent de Merode’s Corton vines in 2008. All farming has been organic since 1986 and biodynamic since 2007. The average vine age is 40-50 years. Re-planting is done by selection massale taken from Romanée-Conti’s pre-phylloxera vines prior to their removal in 1945.
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Vineyard holdings from Domaine de la Romanee Conti.
Vineyard Holdings: 29.27 ha total Romanée-Conti Grand Cru (monopole): 1.81 ha Pinot Noir La Tâche Grand Cru (monopole): 6.06 ha Pinot Noir Richebourg Grand Cru: 3.51 ha Pinot Noir Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru: 5.29 ha Pinot Noir Grands-Echézeaux Grand Cru: 3.53 ha Pinot Noir Echézeaux Grand Cru: 4.67 ha Pinot Noir Corton Bressandes Grand Cru: 1.19 ha Pinot Noir Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru: 0.57 ha Pinot Noir Corton Renardes Grand Cru: 0.51 ha Pinot Noir Le Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.68 ha Chardonnay Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru: 0.17 ha Chardonnay
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Top wines produced from Domaine de la Romanee Conti
Top Wines Produced: ``` Romanée-Conti Grand Cru (monopole) La Tâche Grand Cru (monopole) Richebourg Grand Cru Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru Grands-Echézeaux Grand Cru Echézeaux Grand Cru Corton Grand Cru: blended from the three Corton lieux-dits. Le Montrachet Grand Cru Vosne-Romanée “Cuvée Duvault-Blochet” Premier Cru: produced in certain vintages from the domaine’s small holdings in Gaudichots, Petits Monts, and Au-Dessus de Malconsorts as well as second crop from the grand crus. ```
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Domaine de la Romanee Conti Inaugural vintages for Montrachet Grand Cru, Vosne-Romanee "Cuvee Duvault-Blochet" Premier Cru, and Corton Grand Cru
Inaugural Vintages: Montrachet Grand Cru (1965), Vosne-Romanée “Cuvée Duvault-Blochet” Premier Cru (1999), Corton Grand Cru (2009)
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Style/vinification technique for Domaine de la Romanee Conti.
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Each of the domaine’s wines are long-lived. The domaine is usually one of the last to harvest in Montrachet, its Chardonnay is whole-cluster pressed and the juice settles overnight. After racking, the wine ferments in 100% new Tronçais barrels. Currently, the domaine is experimenting with tapping barrels with reeds to create vibration and activate the lees instead of direct bâtonnage. Montrachet is usually fined and bottled in November or December following harvest. For red wines, grapes ferment as whole clusters if the fruit is clean enough and they are partially de-stemmed if the weather has been difficult. The grapes are cooled prior to fermentation, which occurs in open-top wood fermenters. Pigeage takes place twice a day after fermentation begins, and the wine averages 17-21 days on the skins. After pressing the wines age in 98% new oak for 18-22 months before it is bottled without fining or filtering. Wines are blended and bottled six barrels at a time using a bottling tank, to eliminate bottle variation that would occur were each barrel bottled individually.
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Armand Rousseau was established when and where are they located?
1909 and Gevrey-Chambertin
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Summary of Armand Rousseau
Summary: Considering the average Burgundy domaine owns just tiny parcels of famous vineyards, it’s easy to see why Domaine Armand Rousseau is held in such universally high regard. This is a 13-hectare domaine with a whopping eight of those hectares in top Gevrey and Morey grand crus (see below for full details). Armand Rousseau started the domaine in 1909; he increased the vineyard holdings in the 1920s and 1930s and, upon the advice of Raymond Baudoin (founder of the Revue des Vins de France), Armand began domaine-bottling in the 1930s. Armand’s son Charles is widely credited with establishing the domaine’s worldwide acclaim. Charles died in 2016 and today his son Eric runs the domaine.
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Key holdings for Armand Rousseau
Key Vineyard Holdings: 13.5 ha total Chambertin Grand Cru: 2.15 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1930-1997 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru: 1.42 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1935-2000 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru: 1.37 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1948-1990 Ruchottes-Chambertin “Clos des Ruchottes” Grand Cru: 1.06 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1950-2003 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.53 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1945 and 1978 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru: 1.48 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1961-2008 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques Premier Cru: 2.22 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1935-1993 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers Premier Cru: 0.60 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1948 Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint-Jacques Premier Cru: 0.47 ha Pinot Noir, planted 1948-1996
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Average total production for Armand Rousseau
5,500 cases
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Top wines produced for Armand Rousseau
Top Wines Produced: Chambertin Grand Cru Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Ruchottes-Chambertin “Clos des Ruchottes” Grand Cru Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques Premier Cru Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers Premier Cru Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint-Jacques Premier Cru
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Inaugural vintage for Armand Rousseau
1930's
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Brief description of style/vinification technique for Armand Rousseau
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Eric Rousseau claims there are no real “secrets” to the quality of his wines: just old vines in top vineyard sites, pruned short with low yields, and careful farming. At harvest, the grapes are sorted in the vineyard and 90% de-stemmed—but not crushed. Fermentations start (without adding yeast) after four or five days of cold soak, and the wines are pumped over at the start of fermentation for oxygenation, then punched down in the latter stages. The wines spend 18-20 days on the skins and are settled for 24 hours after pressing. The Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze are aged in 100% new oak, the Clos Saint-Jacques is aged in 80% new oak, and the remaining grands and premiers crus are aged in once-used (or older) barrels. The wines spend 18 months in oak with one racking and are filtered prior to bottling.
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Domaine Dujac was established when and where are they located?
1967 and Morey-Saint-Denis
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Summary of Domaine Dujac
Summary: Domaine Dujac is a relatively recent creation (at least in Burgundian terms): Jacques Seysses began his own estate with the purchase of the 4.5-hectare Domaine Graillet in 1967. He steadily added to his vineyard holdings, increasing the size of the domaine to 11.5 hectares by the time his children, Alec and Jeremy—along with Jeremy’s wife, Diana Snowden—joined the domaine. Viticulture has been organic and biodynamic for some time, clones are no longer used for any re-plantings, and the vines are pruned short with extra buds removed to assure a balanced crop and healthy fruit. In 2005, the domaine added four hectares of vines to their holdings by joining Etienne de Montille in the purchase of Domaine Thomas Moillard. Dujac Fils et Père is a négociant offshoot of Domaine Dujac that also produces excellent wines.
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Key vineyard holdings for Domaine Dujac
Key Vineyard Holdings: 15 ha total Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru: 1.29 ha Pinot Noir; 35-year-old vines Clos de la Roche Grand Cru: 1.95 ha Pinot Noir; 30-year-old vines Echézeaux Grand Cru: 0.69 ha Pinot Noir; 25-year-old vines Bonnes Mares Grand Cru: 0.58 ha Pinot Noir; 30-year-old vines Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.29 ha Pinot Noir; 40-year-old vines Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru: 0.16 ha Pinot Noir; 60-year-old vines Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes Premier Cru: 1.15 ha Pinot Noir; 30-year-old vines Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts Premier Cru: 1.57 ha Pinot Noir; 45-year-old vines Morey-Saint-Denis Monts Luisants Premier Cru: 0.6 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1997
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Top wines produced by Domaine Dujac
Top Wines Produced: Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Echézeaux Grand Cru Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Chambertin Grand Cru Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes Premier Cru Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts Premier Cru Morey-Saint-Denis Monts Luisants Premier Cru (Chardonnay)
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Inaugural vintage for Domaine Dujac
Inaugural Vintages: the first wines at Dujac were made in 1969.
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Description of style/vinification technique forDomaine Dujac
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: The wines of Domaine Dujac have evolved since Jacques Seysses stepped back from the day-to-day management of the domaine. Jacques was well-known for favoring 100% whole clusters and 100% new oak for his wines, but now the red grapes are partially de-stemmed if vintage conditions require—the Gevrey-Chambertin grapes are always partially de-stemmed as the domaine now feels (like Eric Rousseau) that the fruit of Gevrey-Chambertin does not suit whole-cluster vinification as much. The village-level wines today are aged in 20-25% new oak, while the premier crus see 50-75% new oak, and the grand crus see 70-100% new oak. The wines age 12-16 months in barrel and are bottled unfiltered and usually without fining.
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G. Roumier was established when and where are they located?
1924 and Chambolle-Musigny
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Summary of G. Roumier
Summary: Since Christophe Roumier joined the family domaine in 1982, this domaine has become one of the absolute elite producers in Burgundy. It was founded in 1924 with the marriage of Georges Roumier to Geneviève Quanquin of Chambolle-Musigny, whose dowry included 12 hectares of premiers and grands crus. Over time the family added the Clos de la Bussière monopole, a small parcel of Corton-Charlemagne and an even smaller slice of Musigny Grand Cru. Today, the domaine boasts many old vines; in order to maintain a high average vine age Christophe prefers to replace individual missing vines rather than replant entire vineyard blocks. All vineyards are plowed, no herbicides are used, and insecticides and synthetic fertilizers are also avoided. Low yields are achieved through severe pruning and de-budding in spring. Like Mugnier, Christophe Roumier prefers to train his mature vines as single Guyot with a long cane, removing every other shoot early in the growing season to promote good spacing and ventilation of the vine canopy. This is a domaine of impeccable quality, and the worldwide demand for these wines means they are now very difficult to find.
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Key holdings for G.Roumier
Key Vineyard Holdings: 11.84 ha Bonnes Mares Grand Cru: 1.39 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1967 Musigny Grand Cru: 0.1 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1930 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.27 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1972 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.54 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1967 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru: 0.2 ha Chardonnay, planted in 1968 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses Premier Cru: 0.4 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1947 Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras Premier Cru: 1.76 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1961 Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de la Bussière Premier Cru (monopole): 2.59 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1977
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Top wines from G. Roumier
Top Wines Produced: ``` Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Musigny Grand Cru Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses Premier Cru Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras Premier Cru Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de la Bussière Premier Cru (monopole) ```
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Inaugural vintage for G. Roumier
Inaugural Vintages: Domaine-bottling began in 1945.
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Description of style/vinification technique for G. Roumier
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: The Roumier wines are clean and expressive when young but capable of great development over time. Grapes are sorted in the vineyard and at the winery, then partially de-stemmed depending on vine age and fruit condition. Fermentation begins slowly with native yeast, and pigeage begins once fermentation commences; grapes stay on the skins for about three weeks. After pressing, the press wine is kept separate from the free-run juice; it is later added back if the blend is harmonious. New oak is kept in check: 20% new for village-level wines, 25-35% for premier crus and 35-45% for grand crus. The wines spend 15-18 months in oak prior to being bottled without fining or filtration.
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Domaine Ponsot was established when and where are they located?
1872 and Morey-Saint-Denis
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Summary of Domaine Ponsot
Summary: Domaine Ponsot was founded in 1872 by William Ponsot with a small holding in Clos de la Roche and Clos des Monts Luisants. The domaine has grown over the years through acquisitions, marriage and joint ventures. The domaine now boasts an enviable twelve grands crus, and production that is inverse of Burgundy as a whole, with 80% of the domaine’s production comprised of grand cru wines and only 8% regional and village wine. Their holdings include some exceptionally old vineyards, and Hippolyte Ponsot (Laurent’s grandfather) was concerned about preserving the genetic heritage of his vineyards from an early date. He painstakingly marked top-performing old vines and created a 2,000-vine “nursery” in Clos de la Roche of the best selections. It was from this block of vines that the so-called “Dijon clones” of Pinot Noir were selected by Jean-Marie Ponsot and researchers at the University of Dijon.
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What producer releases a 100% Aligote premier cru from very vines planted in 1911 in Monts Luisants?
Domaine Ponsot also produces a rarity: a premier cru white that is 100% Aligoté from very old vines planted in 1911 in Monts Luisants. In 2005 Laurent Ponsot removed the Pinot Gouges and Chardonnay that his father and grandfather had planted, and re-planted Aligoté, bottling only the old vines from 2005 forward. This is an exceptional, but idiosyncratic, domaine.
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Key vineyard holdings for Domaine Ponsot
Vineyard Holdings: Montrachet Grand Cru Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Clos de la Roche Grand Cru: 3.4 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1947 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru: 0.7 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1905 Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.2 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1955 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.3 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1972 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.9 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1990 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru: 0.7 ha Pinot Noir, planted in 1990 Morey-Saint-Denis Clos des Monts Luisants Premier Cru: 0.9 ha Aligoté, mostly planted in 1911
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Top Wines Produced from Domaine Ponsot
Top Wines Produced: Montrachet Grand Cru Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Clos de la Roche “Cuvée Vieilles Vignes” Grand Cru Clos Saint-Denis “Cuvée Très Vieilles Vignes” Grand Cru Chambertin Grand Cru Charmes-Chambertin “Cuvée des Merles” Grand Cru Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru Morey-Saint-Denis Clos des Monts Luisants Premier Cru Blanc
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Inaugural vintages for Domaine Ponsot Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru , Chambertin Grand Cru, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru , Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Corton Grand Cru, Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru, Montrachet Grand Cru
``` Inaugural Vintages: Clos de la Roche Grand Cru (1934), Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru (1982), Chambertin Grand Cru (1969), Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru (1970), Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru (1982), Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru (1999), Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Corton Grand Cru, Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru ( all 2009), Montrachet Grand Cru (2010) ```
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Description of style/vinification technique for Domaine Ponsot
Brief Description of Style / Vinification Techniques: Domaine Ponsot generally harvests very low-yielding and very ripe fruit from their old vineyards. They use no new oak, purchasing used barrels from white wine producers, and use sulfur very sparingly, if at all. The grapes are harvested into small baskets to keep the fruit intact, and red grapes are generally de-stemmed (although this varies by vintage). The wines ferment in wooden tanks and are allowed to reach a fairly high temperature, from 35-38° Celsius. There is no set regimen for the amount of pigeage, or remontage, or even the amount of time on skins—the qualities of the harvest dictate these decisions. The wines are pressed with a wooden basket press, and the four-level winery allows gravity-flow wine movements. Wines are bottled with no fining or filtering after 18-24 months in barrel and generally receive only a minimal amount of sulfur at bottling.

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